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06-16-2008, 04:50 PM
The people of Madrid, Spain have donated three bookmobiles for use in the Dominican Republic. According to El Nuevo Diario, senior Immigration official Carlos Clemente and the assistant director of libraries in Madrid, Maria Jaudenes, will hand over the keys to three vehicles equipped as mobile libraries to Dominican ambassador Alejandro Gonzalez Pons. This gift from the Community of Madrid is aimed at increasing and promoting reading in the Dominican Republic. The bookmobiles will leave Spain from Valencia on 19 June. The Community of Madrid has been assisting the Dominican Republic since 2003, and has spent EUR5,000,000 on a series of projects in the areas of health, education, institutional strengthening and support for local entrepreneurs.
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